28 Amordad · Ameretat 1390

Events on this day

  • Coup of 1953 · Kudeta-ye Bist-o-Hasht-e Mordad

    Iranian · Historical

    A coup backed by the CIA and Britain overthrew Prime Minister Mosaddegh (28 Mordad 1332; 19 August 1953).

  • Khomeini's jihad decree against Kurdistan

    Kurdish · Historical

    On 17–19 August 1979 (28 Mordad 1358) Khomeini sent the army, gendarmerie and Revolutionary Guards against Kurdistan; summary executions followed, and some 10,000 Kurds were killed in the campaign.

  • Transfiguration (Orthodox)

    Christian · Cultural

    Christ shown in glory on the mountain, on 6 August of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

  • Parsi New Year (Navroz, Shahenshahi) · Navroz

    Zoroastrian · Cultural

    The New Year of the Parsis of India on the Shahenshahi calendar, which has no leap day, so it has drifted from the spring equinox to mid-August and comes a day earlier every four years.

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Facts

  • Day 152 of 1390
  • 213 days left
  • Zodiac sign: Leo · Asad